Joel 2:31

NET ©

The sunlight will be turned to darkness and the moon to the color of blood, 1  before the day of the Lord comes – that great and terrible day!

NIV ©

The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.

NASB ©

"The sun will be turned into darkness And the moon into blood Before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.

NLT ©

The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon will turn bloodred before that great and terrible day of the LORD arrives.

MSG ©

the sun turning black and the moon blood-red, Before the Judgment Day of GOD, the Day tremendous and awesome.

BBE ©

The sun will be made dark and the moon turned to blood, before the great day of the Lord comes, a day to be feared.

NRSV ©

The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.

NKJV ©

The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD.

KJV
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before
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and the terrible
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day
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of the LORD
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come
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NET © [draft] ITL
The sunlight
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will be turned
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to darkness
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and the moon
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to the color of blood
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, before
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the day
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of the Lord
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comes
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– that great
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and terrible
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day!
NET © Notes

1 tn Heb “to blood,” but no doubt this is intended to indicate by metonymy the color of blood rather than the substance itself. The blood red color suggests a visual impression here – something that could be caused by fires, volcanic dust, sandstorms, or other atmospheric phenomena.